The 8020Info Water Cooler Highlights and insights for strategists of all types #402 – Feb. 20, 2025 [6 Minute Read] Acting on Strategy: Getting Things Done This month we’ve noticed strategy-makers are focusing on getting things done! Here are some insights, frameworks and tools to help you achieve greater success with your strategies … […]
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[READING TIME: 8 MINUTES] In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at the impact of cognitive biases on decision-making, hybrid work challenges, breaking down long-term projects, using personality boxes for hiring assessments, and the complex matter of succession. Enjoy! 1. More Cognitive Biases That Can Distort Our Choices We think our decisions are logical and
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In this edition we look at eight elements of strategic success, getting feedback, things you can’t teach people, standing up for what’s right, benchmarking, board recruitment and what we’re reading. Enjoy!
Eight Elements of Strategic Success
How Leaders Can Encourage Feedback
Two Things You Can’t Teach People
The Power of Benchmarking
The List: 10 Ways to Stand Up for What’s Right
Cultivating and Recruiting a Great Board
Reading: Real-Time Leadership
Reading: Awaken Your Genius: Escape Conformity, Ignite Creativity & Become Extraordinary.
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at how we may be distracting our team members, leaders with blind spots, website buttons that get results, gaps for women in the workplace, a model for design research, and tips to curtail procrastination. Enjoy!
Stop Distracting Your Team
Leaders Are More Susceptible to Blind Spots
Design a Website Button Visitors Will Click
Empowering Women in the Workplace
The Model: An AEIOU Framework for Design Research
Are we in “trudge mode” or just procrastinating?
Reading: Understanding Organizations … Finally!
Reading: Brave New Workplace
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we focus on the journey involved in learning about racism, improving how your organization listens, employee burnout, the case for content marketing, and recovering your momentum. Enjoy!
Racism: The Learning Journey
How An Organization Listens
The Costs Of Being A Caring Manager
The Biggest Myth About Employee Burnout
Making A Case For Content Marketing
Recovering Your Momentum
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In this 8020Info Water Cooler we explore questions to guide onboarding for new employees, probe reasons for procrastination, look at how stresses drive consumers to buy, and share warnings about collective decision-making. Enjoy!
Five Questions for Onboarding
Why People Buy
Stop Collective Decision-Making
Salespeople Don’t Need To Be Liked
The List: Making Leadership Training Stick
Procrastination Diagnostics
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